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Trump claims victory at Nato summit after fresh row over defence spending | World news I The Guardian

Donald Trump
has claimed victory at the Nato summit, saying progress had been made
on defence spending only hours after throwing the Brussels meeting
intodisarray with fresh attacks on European allies.
Asked whether he had threatened to pull out of Nato,
the US president did not directly deny it. He told a surprise press
conference before he was scheduled to leave that he only told people he
would be “extremely unhappy” if spending was not increased.
Trump claimed he could pull the US out of Nato without the approval
of Congress. “I think I probably can but that’s unnecessary,” he said.
He said the alliance members had agreed to reach spending 2% of GDP
on defence faster than previously planned and claimed financial
commitments would increase beyond that in future.
But other delegations and Nato officials contradicted
Trump, saying he had secured no significant concessions and their
defence spending plans remained basically the same as they had been
before the summit.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, denied Trump’s claim that Nato
powers agreed to increase defence spending beyond previous targets.
The renewed criticism of European Nato members for not spending enough on defence came at a closed session on Thursday morning that had been intended to be confined to non-budgetary issues.
The US president’s outburst led to the scrapping of a series of press
conferences and bilateral meetings as European leaders struggled to
respond. The British prime minister, Theresa May, and the German
chancellor, Angela Merkel, cancelled press conferences.

Trump turned up late for the morning sessions involving Nato
leaders, intended to discuss the accession of Ukraine and Georgia to the
alliance. When he delivered his rebuke about defence spending, the
Ukrainian and Georgian leaders were asked to leave because it was a
purely Nato matter.
Soon after, the meeting broke up. European leaders retreated to their offices for discussion with their officials.
At a 35-minute press conference at Nato headquarters, Trump seemed to
contradict his earlier criticism of Nato and the European member
states. He said US commitment to Nato “remained “very strong” and the
“fantastic” meeting of the alliance members had demonstrated “a great
collegial spirit”.
He added: “Nato is much stronger now than it was two days ago.”
Trump, who leaves Brussels for a visit to the UK, said he was fine
about the protests planned for his trip and insisted he was popular in
the UK.
He said he had described the UK as “a hotspot” because of Brexit and
the cabinet resignations. “There will be protests. There will always be
protests,” he said, adding that people in the UK liked him and agreed
with him on immigration.
The turmoil at the Nato summit came a day after Trump strongly
criticised Germany for not spending enough on defence. Officials from
the European delegations subsequently said he had been relatively calm
in the closed sessions later on Thursday and during a working dinner.
In spite of that, a tweet from Trump on Wednesday showed he remained far from satisfied with the European response.
The tweet fitted into a pattern throughout the two-day summit, with
Trump at one moment ranting at European allies and the next insisting
relations are good.

Donald J. Trump
(@realDonaldTrump)

What good is NATO if Germany is paying Russia
billions of dollars for gas and energy? Why are there only 5 out of 29
countries that have met their commitment? The U.S. is paying for
Europe’s protection, then loses billions on Trade. Must pay 2% of GDP
IMMEDIATELY, not by 2025.

Five of the 29 Nato members have reached the target of spending at least 2% of GDP on defence. These include the US, which spends 3.5%, and the UK on just over 2%.
Trump had planned to step out of the closed session to hold bilateral
meetings with the leaders of Azerbaijan, Romania, Ukraine and Georgia.

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